Subj : All nodes with (E) status
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jun 15 2022 11:28:27

  Re: All nodes with (E) status
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Wed Jun 15 2022 10:03 am

 >   Re: All nodes with (E) status
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Tue Jun 14 2022 12:15 pm
 >
 >  >> I've been running GTKMonitor since I moved my BBS to Linux, and this
 >  >> morning I noticed GTKMonitor was showing (E) next to all my nodes.
 >  >> The wiki says that means the node will run its daily event (if one is
 >  >> specified) before waiting for another call:
 >  >> http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:node_status
 >
 >
 >  DM> That's correct, the 'E' status is set without regard to whether or not
 >  DM> any daily events are actually configured for a specific node.
 >
 >  >> I'm wondering what might cause all the nodes to go into the E
 >  >> status?
 >
 >  DM> It happens ever night. But the flag is auto-cleared too by sbbs.
 >
 >  >> I closed and re-started sbbs and then none of my nodes were showing
 >  >> (E) status anymore.
 >
 >  DM> Normally, they'll get cleared automatically when the node is connected
 >  DM> to by a client (or when an already connected client disconnects). I
 >  DM> think what you're describing is normal behavior.
 >
 > This morning I noticed the E status was on all my nodes again.  I also
 > noticed my BBS had not downloaded any new messages from the message
 > networks.  It also had not run its nightly events.  I shut down and
 > re-started sbbs, and it then ran the nightly events that were supposed to
 > run hours ago, and it also ran the binkpoll and fidoin events and got new
 > messages for the message networks.
 >
 > So it seems something about my BBS is getting stuck somewhere.

It sounds like your Event Thread is stuck.

 > Do you know
 > of anything I can check for to determine what might be getting stuck?

The event log output.

 > Recently I had checked to see if Synchronet is writing an event log
 > somewhere, but I didn't see an event log - maybe I just didn't know where to
 > look.  I'm wondering what log I might be able to check, if any.

The event thread logs to the same place your terminal server is logging, e.g.
https://wiki.synchro.net/monitor:syslog

 > Or perhaps
 > there's a DOS command I have in an event that's getting stuck and the window
 > isn't showing?

Perhaps. The log should point you to the last executed event before it got "stuck".
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